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Worldwide, coral reefs are rapidly declining due to increased sea water temperatures and other environmental stresses (Figure 1). To counter the extinction of major coral reef building species on the island of Bonaire, the non-profit organization ...
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Immersive technologies are reshaping how audiences experience art and culture. An important question to be answered though is: how can museums efficiently onboard large groups of visitors into fully interactive, multi-player VR experiences? This ...
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The utilization of drones in various industries, such as agriculture, infrastructure inspection, and surveillance, has significantly increased in recent years. However, navigating low-altitude environments poses a challenge due to potential ...
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The main mission, and research question of SHIFT is how to develop, test and validate new type of kingpin coupling used to link the semitrailers to other vehicle units which would enable to measure mutual forces between the vehicle units. This ...
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The proposed study is focused on finding out whether Virtual Reality is a feasible method to train for composite manufacturing. The demand for cost-effective training methods for composite production is growing. The current training methods are not ...
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To make the shift to renewable energy sources like solar and wind, which are intermittent, large-scale energy storage is essential. Lithium-ion batteries dominate the market, but face sustainability challenges due to reliance on scarce and toxic ...
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This Professional Doctorate (PD) research addresses the urgent problem of electricity grid congestion in the Netherlands, caused by the growing use of renewable energy and the electrification of homes and businesses. To ensure a reliable and ...
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In dit onderzoeksproject wordt op zoek gegaan naar nieuwe manieren om betekenisvol lesmateriaal te maken op het snijvlak van technologie, wetenschap en kunst. Het lesmateriaal is gericht op het ontwikkelen van de 21e eeuwse vaardigheden creatief ...
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The Cashing Cashew project focuses on isolation and purification of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) from Cashew Nut Shells (CNS) in order to fully utilize this valuable by-product of the cashew nut production. Global cashew nut production is about 4 ...
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Drones have been verified as the camera of 2024 due to the enormous exponential growth in terms of the relevant technologies and applications such as smart agriculture, transportation, inspection, logistics, surveillance and interaction. Therefore, ...
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Climate change and the depletion of resources in the world are widely recognized as the greatest societal challenges. The building sector is responsible for 40% of the raw material consumption globally. The emissions related to construction materials ...
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Dutch crowdlending is a major source of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) finance, yet sustainability information on platforms is fragmented and largely voluntary. This creates an information asymmetry: investors cannot easily assess projects on ...
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In december 2014 heeft het Lectoraat Netwerk Cultuur in samenwerking met het consortium het onderzoeksproject ‘Toolkit Digitaal Publiceren’ afgerond. Resultaten voortvloeiend uit dit onderzoek zijn onder andere: • Hybrid Publishing Workflow (HPW) ; ...
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Fungi are playing an increasingly important role in biotechnology, with applications ranging from sustainable materials to pigment and enzyme production. Yet two critical challenges continue to limit their broader adoption. On one hand, mycelium bio-...
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The developments of digitalization and automation in freight transport and logistics are expected to speed-up the realization of an adaptive, seamless, connected and sustainable logistics system. CATALYST determines the potential and impact of ...
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The proposed living lab researches how autonomous ships can be integrated in the supply chain. This is done in the real-life environment of the port of Rotterdam and connecting waterways. Research lines are 1) Logistical integration: development of ...
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The developments of digitalization and automation in freight transport and logistics are expected to speed-up the realization of an adaptive, seamless, connected and sustainable logistics system. CATALYST determines the potential and impact of ...
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Socio-economic pressures on coastal zones are on the rise worldwide, leaving increasingly less room for natural coastal change without affecting humans. The challenge is to find ways for social and natural systems to co-exist, co-develop and create ...
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Treatment of crops with insecticides remains essential because globally more than 75 billion dollars is lost through crop destruction by invasive insects. However it is accompanied by severe disadvantages including i. increasing resistance of the ...
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Lightweight, renewable origin, mild processing, and facile recyclability make thermoplastics the circular construction materials of choice. However, in additive manufacturing (AM), known as 3D printing, mass adoption of thermoplastics lags behind. ...
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The project proposal focuses on Virtual Humans (VHs) emerging as a Key Enabling Technology (KET) for societal prosperity. VHs (or embodied, digital, intelligent agents) are highly realistic and highly interactive digital representations of humans in ...
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